detinueritis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →detineo, detinere, detinui, detentus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
detain, hold; hold off, keep away (from); hold prisoner; retain; occupy;; hold/keep back (from use); keep, cause to remain; reserve; delay end, protract;
pl. futperf. act. ind. 2ndpl. perf. act. subj. 2nd
Examples
Liber II
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...esse deos, si festinatis totiens tibi lecta libellis detinuere oculos carmina nostra tuos, quod fortuna uetat fieri permitte..."- P
Ars Amatoria III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Ars Amatoria
"...maris Sirenes erant, quae voce canora Quamlibet admissas detinuere rates. His sua Sisyphides auditis paene resolvit Corpora..."
